18-2021 - Amend 549.02 & 549.07 Weapons

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Placed on 1st reading & referred to Public Safety 5/17/21; 2nd reading 6/7/21 Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff, ORDINANCE NO. 18-2021 By: O'Malley, Rader, S ha chase r �! i ......................... AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force at the earliest period allowed by law, amending Section 549.02, Carrying Concealed Weapons and Section 549.07 Unlawful Transactions in Weapons, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, SB 140, effective April 12, 2021 was enacted that made changes to the Ohio Revised Code Sections governing carrying concealed weapons and unlawful transactions in weapons; and WHEREAS, BB 228, effective March 2019, took all municipal home rule authority away from municipalities governing weapons -related licensing, permissions, restrictions, delays, or processes; and WHEREAS, therefore, municipal codes must mirror the Ohio Revised Code as to these areas; and WHEREAS, carrying concealed weapons and unlawful transactions in weapons restrictions within the City of Lakewood must be amended to mirror the Ohio Revised Code versions of these same offenses; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments, in that the reduction of false fire alarm calls should be pursued immediately in order to remain consistent with the weapons provisions contained in the Ohio Revised Code; now, therefore Section 1. That Section 549.02, Carrying Concealed Weapons, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances is currently reading as follows: 549.02 CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS. (a) No person shall knowingly carry or have, concealed on the person's person or concealed ready at hand, any of the following: (1) A deadly weapon other than a handgun; (2) A handgun other than a dangerous ordnance; (3) A dangerous ordnance. (b) No person who has been issued a concealed handgun license shall do any of the following: (1) If the person is stopped for a law enforcement purpose and is carrying a concealed handgun, fail to promptly inform any law enforcement officer who approaches the person after the person has